F5 rSeries is a next-generation hardware platform that delivers a highly scalable, microservices-based architecture to power your mission-critical applications and network deployments. These high-performance appliances include modern FPGAs to enable industry-leading SSL offloading and hardware-based support for elliptical curve cryptography (ECC) ciphers in a 1 RU form factor. With powerful L7 request-per-second (RPS) performance, rSeries enables consolidating multiple services on a single device and increases the density of high-speed ports per rack unit.
Whether you’re a large enterprise or small to medium-sized business, rSeries allows you to scale up or scale down CPU usage depending on your performance requirements.
The next-generation Application Delivery Controller (ADC) solution, F5 rSeries, bridges the gap between traditional and modern infrastructures with a rearchitected, API-first platform designed to meet the needs of your traditional and emerging applications. The new F5 rSeries delivers unprecedented levels of performance, a fully automatable architecture, and the highest reliability, security, and access control for your critical applications. You can reduce time-to-market, consolidate your infrastructure and secure critical data at scale while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) and future-proofing your application infrastructure.
F5 rSeries Catalog
Whether you’re a service provider, large enterprise, or small to medium-sized business, rSeries allows you to scale up or scale down depending on your app performance requirements.
Small-to-Medium Enterprise | |||
BIG-IP r2600 | BIG-IP r2800 | BIG-IP r4600 | BIG-IP r4800 |
Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 475K ● L4 connections per second: 170K ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 850K ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 19M ● Throughput: 20 Gbps/13 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 7K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 5K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 5K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 8 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 875K ● L4 connections per second: 350K ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 1.8M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 19M ● Throughput: 25 Gbps/17 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 15K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 10K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 10K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 10 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 1.3M ● L4 connections per second: 500K ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 2.5M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 38M ● Throughput: 40 Gbps/30 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 30K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 14K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 14K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 20 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 1.8M ● L4 connections per second: 750K ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 3.5M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 38M ● Throughput: 50 Gbps/40 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 45K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 20K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 20K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 25 Gbps bulk encryption |
Mid-to-Large Enterprise | |||
BIG-IP r5600 | BIG-IP r5800 | BIG-IP r5900 | BIG-IP r5920-DF |
Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 2.5M ● L4 connections per second: 1M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 18M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 75M ● Throughput: 95 Gbps/60 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 60K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 30K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 30K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 35 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 3.3M ● L4 connections per second: 1.4M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 18M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 85M ● Throughput: 95 Gbps/85 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 80K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 50K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 50K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 45 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 4.3M ● L4 connections per second: 1.8M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 18M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 100M ● Throughput: 95 Gbps/95 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 100K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 70K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 55K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 50 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 4.3M ● L4 connections per second: 1.8M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 18M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 100M ● Throughput: 95 Gbps/40 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 100K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 70K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 55K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 50 Gbps bulk encryption |
Large Enterprises and Service Providers | |||
BIG-IP r10600 | BIG-IP r10800 | BIG-IP r10900 | BIG-IP r10920-DF |
Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 4.5M ● L4 connections per second: 1.9M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 36M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 145M ● Throughput: 190 Gbps/125 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 115K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 90K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 90K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 75 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 5.5M ● L4 connections per second: 2.1M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 36M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 160M ● Throughput: 190 Gbps/145 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 150K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 110K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 110K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 80 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 6.6M ● L4 connections per second: 2.5M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 180M ● Throughput: 190 Gbps/190 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 200K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 140K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 110K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 95 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 6.6M ● L4 connections per second: 2.5M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 180M ● Throughput: 190 Gbps/190 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 200K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 140K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 110K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 95 Gbps bulk encryption |
BIG-IP r12600-DS | BIG-IP r12800-DS | BIG-IP r12900-DS | |
Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 7M ● L4 connections per second: 2.8M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 399M ● Throughput: 195 Gbps/146 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 270K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 208K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 90K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 95 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 8.5M ● L4 connections per second: 3.1M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 399M ● Throughput: 195 Gbps/195 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 335K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 240K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 218K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 100 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 10.5M ● L4 connections per second: 3.5M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 399M ● Throughput: 195 Gbps/195 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 400K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 300K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 235K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 110 Gbps bulk encryption | |
Key Benefits
Future-proof your environment
Future-proof your IT infrastructure for the long-term with frictionless migration, flexible licensing and high performance to scale your capacity as you grow.
Obtain the lowest TCO
Reduce TCO and the infrastructure footprint by consolidating app and security services on a unified, high-performance platform.
Accelerate deployment with automation
Decrease time spent on manual tasks with rSeries’ fully automatable platform design. Rapidly onboard, configure, and deploy F5 application services via simple, yet powerful declarative interfaces with F5 Automation Toolchain.
Secure applications
Deliver the SSL capacity required to protect critical data—including enhanced offload of elliptical curve cryptography (ECC) processing to hardware— enabling forward secrecy scaling. Deliver the most effective protection with integrated, one-pass, full stack (L3–L7) security, high-capacity distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation, contextual access management, and more.
Enhance your performance
Scale up to two times over previous platforms and manage unpredictable performance requirements. In addition, avoid CPU exhaustion for critical use cases like DDoS protection or UDP traffic processing. F5 rSeries leverages larger, modern FPGA technology to enable more efficient CPU resource utilization, delivering unprecedented performance and greater scalability.
Table 1. F5 BIG-IP R5600, R5800, R5900 Hardware Specifications
Platform | R5600 | R5800 | R5900 |
Intelligent Traffic Processing | L7 requests per second: 2.5M | L7 requests per second: 3.3M | L7 requests per second: 4.3M |
Hardware Offload SSL/TLS | 60K TPS (2K SSL TPS) | 80K TPS (2K SSL TPS) | 100K TPS (RSA 2k keys) |
Hardware Compression | 35 Gbps | 40 Gbps | 50 Gbps |
Hardware DDoS Protection | 80M SYN Cookies per second | 80M SYN Cookies per second | 80M SYN Cookies per second |
Software Architecture | 64-bit TMOS | 64-bit TMOS | 64-bit TMOS |
Multi-Tenancy | Up to 18 | Up to 8 | Up to 26 |
Processor | 6 vCPU’s Reserved for F5OS, and 12 vCPU’s Available for Tenancy | 6 vCPU’s Reserved for F5OS, and 18 vCPU’s Available for Tenancy | 6 vCPU’s Reserved for F5OS, and 26 vCPU’s Available for Tenancy |
Memory | 128 GB DDR | 128 GB DDR | 128 GB DDR |
Hard Drive | 1x 1TB M.2 SSD | 1x 1TB M.2 SSD | 1x 1TB M.2 SSD |
Management Ports | 1x 1000BASE-T | 1x 1000BASE-T | 1x 1000BASE-T |
100/40 Gigabit Fiber Ports | 2 x 100G/40G QSFP+/QSFP28 ports | 2 x 100G/40G QSFP+/QSFP28 ports | 2 x 100G/40G QSFP+/QSFP28 ports |
25/10 Gigabit Fiber Ports | 8 x 25G/10G SFP28/SFP+ ports | 8 x 25G/10G SFP28/SFP+ ports | 8 x 25G/10G SFP28/SFP+ ports |
Power Supply | 1 x 650 W 100-240 VAC (+/- 10%) AUTO Switching Platinum, Dual DC PSU Optional | 1 x 650 W 100-240 VAC (+/- 10%) AUTO Switching Platinum, Dual DC PSU Optional | 1 x 650 W 100-240 VAC (+/- 10%) AUTO Switching Platinum, Dual DC PSU Optional |
Typical Consumption | 425W (single power supply, 48V DC or 110V AC input) | 425W (single power supply, 48V DC or 110V AC input) | 425W (single power supply, 48V DC or 110V AC input) |
Input Voltage / Typical Heat generated | Single Power supply | Single Power supply | Single Power supply |
Dimensions | 1.72” (4.37 cm) H x 17.1” (44.2 cm) W x 30.6” (77.72 cm) D (per unit) 1U industry standard rack-mount chassis | 1.72” (4.37 cm) H x 17.1” (44.2 cm) W x 30.6” (77.72 cm) D (per unit) 1U industry standard rack-mount chassis | 1.72” (4.37 cm) H x 17.1” (44.2 cm) W x 30.6” (77.72 cm) D (per unit) 1U industry standard rack-mount chassis |
Weight | 36.0 pounds (16.33 kg) with two power supply units (PSUs) (per unit) | 36.0 pounds (16.33 kg) with two power supply units (PSUs) (per unit) | 36.0 pounds (16.33 kg) with two power supply units (PSUs) (per unit) |
Operating Temperature | 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° C) | 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° C) | 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° C) |
Operational Relative Humidity | 5% to 85% (40 C) non-condensing | 5% to 85% (40 C) non-condensing | 5% to 85% (40 C) non-condensing |
Hardware Certification Model | r5000 | r5000 | r5000 |
Safety Agency Approval | ANSI/UL 60950-1-2014 | ANSI/UL 60950-1-2014 | ANSI/UL 60950-1-2014 |
Certifications/ Susceptibility Standards | FCC Class A (Part 15), IC Class A; VCCI Class A | FCC Class A (Part 15), IC Class A; VCCI Class A | FCC Class A (Part 15), IC Class A; VCCI Class A |
*Requires using adjacent QSFP28 ports at the same speed (100G/100G or 40G/40G). 100/40G ports do not support breakout cables.
Notes: Performance-related numbers are based on local traffic management services only and are subject to change. Only optics provided by F5 are supported.
Table 1. F5 BIG-IP r5000 Series Hardware Ordering information
Product Number | Description |
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-LTM-R5920-DF | BIG-IP r5920 Local Traffic Manager FIPS (128 GB Memory, Dual U.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-LTM-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 Local Traffic Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-LTM-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 Local Traffic Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-LTM-R5600 | BIG-IP r5600 Local Traffic Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Global App Delivery (DNS) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-DNS-R5920-DF | BIG-IP r5920 DNS FIPS (128 GB Memory, Dual U.2 SSD, GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC, Advanced Routing) |
F5-BIG-DNS-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 DNS (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD, GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC, Advanced Routing) |
F5-BIG-DNS-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 DNS (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD, GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC, Advanced Routing) |
F5-BIG-DNS-R5600 | BIG-IP r5600 DNS (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD, GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC, Advanced Routing) |
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-APM-R5920-DFM | BIG-IP r5920 Access Policy Manager FIPS Max (128 GB Memory, Dual U.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R5920-DFB | BIG-IP r5920 Access Policy Manager FIPS Base (128 GB Memory, Dual U.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R5900-M | BIG-IP r5900 Access Policy Manager Max (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R5900-B | BIG-IP r5900 Access Policy Manager Base (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R5800-M | BIG-IP r5800 Access Policy Manager Max (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R5800-B | BIG-IP r5800 Access Policy Manager Base (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R5600-M | BIG-IP r5600 Access Policy Manager Max (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R5600-B | BIG-IP r5600 Access Policy Manager Base (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-AFM-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 Advanced Firewall Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-AFM-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 Advanced Firewall Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-AFM-R5600 | BIG-IP r5600 Advanced Firewall Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF (AWF) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-AWF-R5920-DF | BIG-IP r5920 Advanced Web Application Firewall FIPS (128 GB Memory, Dual U.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-AWF-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 Advanced Web Application Firewall (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-AWF-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 Advanced Web Application Firewall (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-AWF-R5600 | BIG-IP r5600 Advanced Web Application Firewall (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-CGN-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 Carrier Grade NAT (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-CGN-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 Carrier Grade NAT (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-CGN-R5600 | BIG-IP r5600 Carrier Grade NAT (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator (SSLO) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-SSLO-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 SSL Orchestrator (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-SSLO-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 SSL Orchestrator (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-PEM-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 Policy Enforcement Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BPEM-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 Basic Policy Enforcement Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-PEM-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 Policy Enforcement Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BPEM-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 Basic Policy Enforcement Manager (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Better Bundle (BR) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-BR-R5920-DF | BIG-IP r5920 Better Bundle FIPS (128 GB Memory, Dual U.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BR-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 Better Bundle (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BR-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 Better Bundle (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BR-R5600 | BIG-IP r5600 Better Bundle (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Best Bundle (BT) r5000 Series | |
F5-BIG-BT-R5920-DF | BIG-IP r5920 Best Bundle FIPS (128 GB Memory, Dual U.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BT-R5900 | BIG-IP r5900 Best Bundle (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BT-R5800 | BIG-IP r5800 Best Bundle (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BT-R5600 | BIG-IP r5600 Best Bundle (128 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
Table 2. F5 BIG-IP r5000 Series Accessories Ordering information
Product Number | Description |
Power Supplies | |
F5-UPG-AC-R5XXX | BIG-IP Single AC Power Supply for r5XXX (650W, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-DC-R5XXX | BIG-IP Single DC Power Supply for r5XXX (650W, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-HVDC-R5XXX-2 | BIG-IP Dual High Voltage DC Power Supplies for r5XXX (650W, Field Upgrade) |
Transceiver Modules | |
F5-UPG-SFP+-R | BIG-IP 10GBASE-SR Transceiver (Short Range, 300m, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-SFP+LR-R | BIG-IP 10GBASE-LR Transceiver (Long Range, 10km, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-SFP28-SR4 | BIG-IP 25GBASE-SR4 SFP28 100m Optical transceiver module |
F5-UPG-SFP28-LR4 | BIG-IP 25GBASE-LR4 SFP28 10km Optical transceiver module |
F5-UPG-QSFP+BD | BIG-IP Bi-Directional 40G QSFP+ 150m Optical transceiver module |
F5-UPG-QSFP+SR4 | BIG-IP 40GBASE-SR4 QSFP+ 150m Optical transceiver module |
F5-UPG-QSFP+LR4 | BIG-IP 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ 10km Optical transceiver module |
F5-UPG-QSFP28-SR4 | BIG-IP 100GBASE-SR4 QSFP28 100m Optical transceiver module |
F5-UPG-QSFP28-LR4 | BIG-IP 100GBASE-LR4 QSFP28 10km Optical transceiver module |
F5-UPG-QSFP28-BD | BIG-IP Bi-Directional 100G QSFP28 150m Optical transceiver module |
